Christopher Avenue & Lott Avenue

Christopher Avenue and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Floyd Patterson Ballfields is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
New Lots Av/Christopher Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Christopher Avenue & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    1,210 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Christopher Av, 530 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Christopher Av B15
    530 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Lott Ave 15 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 630 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    160 feet
  2. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 184 Newport School
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Valley Garden
    560 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    620 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    730 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    760 feet
  3. Abib Newborn Garden
    1,100 feet
  4. Osborn Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    830 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Avenue or Lott Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.